Grants
Grant Information
Quality Communities Grant Program
OML and the OU Institute for Quality Communities (IQC) partner to offer the annual Quality Communities Grant Program. This grant will assist recipients with up to 50% of the funding needed for projects selected by the IQC. For more information contact Nancee Morris.
Find out more here: http://iqc.ou.edu/projects/howitworks/
Other Grants:
US Department of Agriculture Rural Development Programs (.pdf)
TSET, the folks that manage the tobacco settlement money for the state of Oklahoma, have grants available for municipalities.
Two of these grants have February 2025 deadlines and one is March of 2025.
Application deadline: December 20, 2024
Application deadline: None (Applicants that wish to be considered for the Foundation’s first review of the calendar year should apply by January 8.)
Optional draft deadline: December 4, 2024
Application deadline: January 8, 2025
Application deadline: Applications may be submitted between April 1 and December 31, annually.
Application deadline: November 6, 2024
Application deadline: November 14, 2024
Application deadline: October 14, 2024, and March 3 and August 4, 2025, for funding inquiry forms (Loans and technical assistance applications are reviewed on a rolling basis.)
Application deadline: October 30, 2024, for initial applications
Application deadline: November 1, 2024, for pre-applications
Application deadline: October 16, 2024
Application deadline: Applications are accepted from September 1 to November 1, annually.
Application deadline: March 1 and September 1, annually
Application deadline: March 1 and September 1, annually
Application deadline: Early March and early September, annually, for letters of interest
Application deadlines: The remaining quarterly deadlines for 2024 are June 30, September 30, and December 15.
Application deadline: Concept letters and grant applications are accepted on a rolling basis and reviewed quarterly.
Application deadline: Requests above $25,000 are accepted February 1 through April 30, annually. Funding requests up to $25,000 are accepted year-round.
Application deadline: Applications are accepted quarterly during the following periods: March 1 to April 15, May 1 to July 15, August 1 to October 15, and November 1 to December 31, 2024.
See the Newest Grants Posted for Your Organization on the Grant Watch Website
Grant Writing Tips
The Nonprofit Times published these helpful grant writing tips. Print them off and read them before you start your next grant application.
· Do your homework. Pay close attention to the guidelines, policies, and procedures. Don't try to "fit" your organization or program into the guidelines simply to obtain funding.
· Keep it simple. Be concise in all correspondence, particularly the cover letter. Make it a maximum of three pages, and summarize the organization, the purpose of the request, and other pertinent information.
· Be Relevant. Demonstrate how organization or project benefits the company -- do not approach simply on the basis of being a customer of the company.
· Be accountable. Think scope and impact -- and be honest. Quantify, and tie the project to specific targets and dates. Provide a cost-benefit analysis.
· Writing matters. Funders receive a significant number of requests. Make it an easy read for them. Proposals should be organized, well-written, and grammatically correct.
· Proof read. Are all required items addressed and space limits met? Other common errors: sent to right person/address but wrong company name, or a recipient no longer with the company.
· Be patient. Do not call the day after the proposal is submitted. Due to the significant volume of requests, particularly for corporate foundations, it will require time to manage.
· Trust the application process. Going outside the application process to get a proposal considered will eventually come back to haunt you.
· Take each year as if it is the first. Past funding is no guarantee of future support.
· Be a friend to the environment. Send one copy unless told otherwise. No three-ring binders. Send videotapes only if necessary.